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A few days ago we finished rolling our preliminary new index page, complete with feeds. Since then we’ve been carefully combing through the feedback that didn’t contain threats on our lives or the use of pitchforks, fire-lit torches or tinfoil hats and we’ve been gradually working to improve the features on offer. I thought, on day 3, I’d share some of the updates and improvements we’ve made since first rolling out the new index page and just let you know that we’re still working on it and taking on-board constructive feedback.

The change log up until now:

Moved the Hot Files thumbnails from the right nav to underneath the large hot files image, where it was before. Expanded the width to take up the entire content area to ensure we can fit the new 6 hot files, up from the original 5

Added left and right arrows that allow you to move the hot files image to the previous or next file in the list

Removed the tool-tip to the right of the "Your feeds" heading and replaced it with a link to your feed preferences to make it more obvious you can actually manipulate the feeds to some extent

Site news is now the default feed for people who haven't set a default

You can now disable your activity feed on your profile within your preferences

Increased the font size to make it more readable in most areas

Large images posted in file news articles are now scaled down in the File news tab to ensure they don't take up too much space (this will not affect the actual news article itself)

Fixed an issue with the file news article likes that meant you could like an article an unlimited amount of times

Changed the Latest Files and Latest images so that they show three in a row, and 15 per page

Entries in the Latest files and Latest Images now show how long it has been since the file has been added to the site

The "more" button on the Latest Files and Latest Images tabs will now provide 15 more entries on the same page [note: we plan to update this so that it replaces the current 15 entries, rather than tacks another 15 on to the end. You'll then be able to scroll back and forth through the latest files and images without leaving the index]

If you haven’t already I’d recommend you go to your preferences where you will find options to manipulate your feeds a bit more to your liking, and change your default feed preference. Don’t care about the activity feeds? That’s fine, change your default feed to Site News, Latest Files or Latest Images, depending on what you come here for, and you’ll get that every time you land on the site.

As I said, we’re still very much working on this and appreciate the constructive (with emphasis on constructive) feedback we’ve been receiving.